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Spectators: 9279 (Terracing: 6961, Seating: 2134, VIP seats: 184) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Semen Rodionov made the kick off which started today's match. Igor Brattsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Veniamin Markov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Semen Rodionov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, Apatit Kirovsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy came free, but Igor Brattsov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Apatit Kirovsk FC's Feliks Maziarski got a free kick in the 14th minute. Igor Brattsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Veniamin Markov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28thth minute of the game Aybar Bayezit who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Apatit Kirovsk FC's Igor Brattsov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 33rd minute, Semen Rodionov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nikita Gudkov. The goal made the score 1-4. In the 36th minute, Veniamin Markov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Brattsov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. 39 minutes into the match, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Igor Brattsov. Apatit Kirovsk FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Igor Brattsov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Markov in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by Apatit Kirovsk FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aybar Bayezit was slow to take the kick. During this time Unica FC's players had a chance to rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aybar Bayezit to make the kick off. Igor Brattsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Veniamin Markov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Apatit Kirovsk FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aybar Bayezit was slow to take the kick. During this time Unica FC's players had a chance to rest. Maksim Osipov kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Igor Brattsov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Veniamin Markov in the 56th minute of the match. When Unica FC's Aybar Bayezit in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Apatit Kirovsk FC's goalie prevented a goal. The corner led Unica FC's Yaromir Sharapov to fire away a dangerous shot which Igor Brattsov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Innokentiy Balaban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikita Gudkov having to interfere. After 61 minutes, Maksim Osipov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Apatit Kirovsk FC and the Unica FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 61st minute, Maksim Osipov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Igor Brattsov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 65 minutes into the game, Roman Emelin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-8. Igor Brattsov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Veniamin Markov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 71st minute Innokentiy Balaban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikita Gudkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Igor Brattsov. That made the score 1-10 in the 77 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy in the 90th minute of play forced Apatit Kirovsk FC's goalkeeper Igor Brattsov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Andrey Avdeev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Igor Brattsov. Andrey Avdeev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-11. Andrey Avdeev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Igor Brattsov having to make a save. After 97 minutes, Andrey Avdeev made it 1-12 with a short kick to the right side. Apatit Kirovsk FC's Igor Brattsov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Unica FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.